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Cosplayers who are not white, thin, or physically able thrive at NYCC
Cosplaying isn’t just a fashion statement; the pastime also helps its participants embody the characters they love and do their best to assume the traits they admire, like bravery or kindness.
A military officer dissects Jon Snow’s battle strategy (and finds it lacking)
In the second episode of the final season of Game of Thrones, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” winter has come, and with it, an army the undead. Jon Snow has devised a battle plan to defend Winterfell, and ultimately the realms of men. So what does a …
6 ways in which big data is taking a bite out of the food industry
Big data takes a seat at the (dining) table.
5 lessons IT can learn from ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’
Rogue One isn’t just a Star Wars story. It’s an information security story.
12 sci-fi/fantasy books that channel the blood of hardboiled noir into their black, black hearts
Hardboiled detective fiction + sci-fi/fantasy = a walk down the mean streets of sci-fi/fantasy.
Science Explains Why You’re A Devious Cheating Conniver
If one of your buddies tends to win on board game night and has some epic leaderboard scores, watch out for that guy. I’m not saying he could be a cheater: Science is. It turns out that winners are more likely to cheat at games than people who lose. Ultimately, they feel they deserve to […]
5 ways Doctor Who blows its entire premise open in ‘Heaven Sent’
Why “Heaven Sent” is one of the best episodes of Doctor Who ever made and has reinvented the series.
A Stripper Reviews the Saints of ‘Hitman: Absolution’
A few months ago, I was so horrified at the science in Prometheus that I interviewed scientists, experts in the fields that were portrayed in the Ridley Scott film. After asking them some frankly leading questions, they confirmed that the science was deeply unscientific.
5 Scientists Share Their Baffled Reactions on the Science in ‘Prometheus’
Warning: Spoilers.
The 12 most egregious lies in sci-fi
Sci-fi movies and TV are FILLED with lies—and we don’t just mean the ones that Kirk told to get some of those green-skinned women into bed. No, we mean the kind of lies with devastating results and entire worlds at stake. (Sci-fi is epic that way.) Here are some of the biggest whoppers told on-screen, plus a few more subtle ones.